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Baltimore Receives First Containership Arrival via Expanded Panama Canal


U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) join port officials in presenting a citation to Evergreen from Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recognizing the first big container ship to arrive at the Port of Baltimore through the newly expanded Panama Canal.
Photo/Maryland Port Administration 

The first container ship to reach the Port of Baltimore via the newly expanded Panama Canal, Evergreen’s 8,400 TEU Ever Lambent, arrived July 19 at Seagirt Marine Terminal.

"The arrival of the Evergreen Ever Lambent at the Port of Baltimore is a signal that the Port of Baltimore is the dominant force in container shipping," said Governor Larry Hogan. "With only three other East Coast ports able to handle ships of this size, we look forward to the arrival of many more megaships as we continue to grow cargo opportunities at the Port and create jobs for Maryland."

Ever Lambert is 1,098 feet/334.8 meters long, 150.3 feet/45.8 meters wide and has a draft of 46.6 feet/14.2 meters and deadweight capacity of 104,409 metric tons.

The Maryland Port Administration entered into a public-private partnership with Ports America Chesapeake in 2010. Under that agreement, Ports America Chesapeake agreed to construct a 50-foot deep berth and install four Super Post-Panamax cranes to accommodate neo-Panamax sized vessels such as Ever Lambert.

Public marine terminals in the Port of Baltimore handed a record 2.4 million short tons of autos, containers, forest products, ro/ro and other general cargo during first quarter 2016.
 

Boston Welcomes Largest Cargo Ship to Date

The Port of Boston received its largest container ship ever with the July 17 docking of COSCOCS’s 8,500-TEU capacity Xin Mei Zhou at Massport’s Conley Terminal.

Delivered in 2008, the ship is 1,098 feet.334 meters long and 137.8 feet/42 meters wide, with a draft of 42.7 feet/13 meters and deadweight capacity 102,396 metric tons.

"This is an exciting time at Conley as we have seen double digit growth in both imports and exports this year," said Massport Port Director Lisa Wieland. "Having calls by larger ships is the future, and the port is working diligently to accommodate them."

Conley currently services ships that carry 4,000 to 6,000 TEUs. Following the opening of the expanded Panama Canal on June 26, COSCOCS and its partners in the CKYHE Alliance announced deployment of 8,500 TEU sized vessels on the Asia to East Coast route.  

Throughput at the South Boston facility reached an all-time in 2015 of 237,166 TEUs and appears headed to another record year in 2016.

Earlier this month, Massport learned that it would receive $42 million as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s FASTLANE grant program to upgrade the Conley facility. Massport could also receive $107 million in state funding if pending economic development legislation becomes law.  That money would go toward larger cranes and building a new berth.

 
Conley currently services ships that carry 4,000 to 6,000 TEUs. Following the opening of the expanded Panama Canal on June 26, COSCOCS and its partners in the CKYHE Alliance announced deployment of 8,500 TEU sized vessels on the Asia to East Coast route.  

Throughput at the South Boston facility reached an all-time in 2015 of 237,166 TEUs and appears headed to another record year in 2016.

Earlier this month, Massport learned that it would receive $42 million as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s FASTLANE grant program to upgrade the Conley facility. Massport could also receive $107 million in state funding if pending economic development legislation becomes law.  That money would go toward larger cranes and building a new berth.